Axle-nut wrench.



J. W. HALL. AXLE NUT WRENCH. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 23, 1908.

Patented May 11, 1909.

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AXLE-N UT WRENCH.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed September 23, 1908.

pivotally or loosely mounted. Said hooks are also constructed from sheetmetal, each I being formed from a single strip which is dale, in thecounty of Amite and State of l broad at one end and. curved intosemicir- Mississippi, have invented certain new and l usefulImprovements in Axle-Nut renches,

of which the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in I axle nut wrenches of thatclass in which the I I To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I,JOHN VJ. IIALL, a citif zen of the United States, residing atSmithengage one of the spokes 2 and its other end being tapered and bentupon itself to pro vide an eye 13 which is engaged with one of the eyes11. The socket member 6 is also constructed from a single piece of sheetmetal which is cut and bent to provide a center or base portion 14 andfour upwardly bent side portions 15 which latter form the socket properand are adapted to receive the axle nut between them. The base portion14: of the socket member is soldered upon the center of the base portion8 of the body member 5 as more clearly shown in Fig. 2.

The operation of the invention will be readily understood upon referenceto Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. The device is placed centrally uponthe wheel so that the hub enters the offset central portion of the bodymember and the axle nut enters the socket member 6. The resilient arms10 of the body member are then sprung inwardly and the hooks 7 whichthey carry are engaged with diametrically opposite spokes. When this hasbeen done the wrench will be coupled to the wheel so that the nut can beturned on and oil of the axle by rotating the wheel.

device is engaged with the spokes of the vehicle wheel and the wheel isutilized to turn the wrench in removing or applying the nut to the axle.

The object of the invention is to improve and simplify the constructionand operation of wrenches of this character thereby rendering the sameless expensive and more durale, convenient and effective.

With the above and other objects in view, l the invention consists ofthe novel features of construction and the combination and arrangementof parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings in which,

Figure 1 is a front view or the improved 1 wrench showing it applied toa wheel; Fig. 2 I is a longitudinal section through the same; I Fig. 3is a perspective view of the resilient body member of the wrench; Fig. 4is a similar view of the nut socket; and Fig. 5 is a The necessity ofhandling the nut is entirely slmllar view of one of the spoke-engagingobviated by the use of the invention and a hooks.

In the drawings 1 denotes the hub and 2 the spokes of a buggy or othervehicle wheel, 3 denotes the axle nut and 4. denotes the improvedwrench. The latter consists of a resilient body member 5 and nut socket6 and two spoke engaging hooks 7. Said body member is in the form of astrip of resilient sheet metal of greatest width at its center andtapering from its center to its ends, its broad centrally portion beingbent or oilset to surround the hub and having a base portioh-S and twosubstantially right angular side portions 9. The two taper ends or arms10 of the body member have their reduced extremities bent uponthemselves to provide eyes 11 in which the hooks 7 are effectively oiledor removed without danger of soiling the hands or dropping the nut.

The peculiar construction of the device renders it inexpensive toproduce and at the same time strong and durable.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

The herein described axle nut wrench comprising a body memberconstructed of resilient sheet in tal and having a broad cen trallyoffset portion and longitudinally tapered resilient arms, the latterhaving their outer extremities bent to form eyes, spoke engaging hookmembers having their inner ends bent to form eyes to be engaged witheyes of said arms, and their outer ends bent I vehicle wheel ispermitted to be quickly and I cular form as shown at 12 so as to readilyto form hooks to be engaged with the Wheel In testimony whereof; Ihereunto afiix my spokesland a nut engiaging socket formed of asignature in the presence of two Witnesses. cross-s iaped piece 0 metalhaving its s uere central portion secured to the central %fi'set N HALLportion of said body member and the four sides bent up at right anglesto form a square socket for the reception of the axle nut.

\Vitnesses W. O. MOGEHEE, J. M. SMITH.

